Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka

Synopsis

Carmen: Impetuous Carmen seduces Don José in order to convince him to let her out of jail. Once outside, she thinks she’s finally free before realizing that she’s in fact prisoner of a love triangle: she wants to be with the famous Torero Escamillo, but she can’t make Don José go away. Petruska: At Saint-Petersburg’s carnival, three puppets are playing the same role over and over: the unhappy lover Petrushka, the coquette and a Moor. Fed up with this endless part that never goes well for him, Petrushka attacks his rival and flees from the puppets theater. Carmen Suite, staged by Alberto Alonso, is a one act ballet about a passionate, free-spirited woman caught in a love triangle. Stanislavsky’s Petrushka, choreographed by Edward Clug, encapsulates the story of a puppet that came to life, burdened by the human emotions of love, jealousy, and rage. Both stories envelop the characters which refuse to abide by the rules, to whom even the thought of submission is repulsive.

Main Cast

Svetlana Zakharova

Carmen

Age : 45 | Popularity : 16%

Denis Rodkin

Jose

Age : 34 | Popularity : 3%

Mikhail Lobukhin

Torero

Age : 40 | Popularity : 0%

Vitaly Biktimirov

Corregidor

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Olga Marchenkova

Fate

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Denis Savin

Petrushka

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Ekaterina Krysanova

The Ballerina

Age : 39 | Popularity : 6%

Dmitry Dorokhov

Moor

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Choreographer	Alberto Alonso Edward Clug
Art	Set Designer	Boris Messerer Marko Japelj
Sound	Conductor	Pavel Klinichev Pavel Sorokin
	Music Director	Pavel Klinichev
	Original Music Composer	Georges Bizet Igor Stravinsky
	Music	Rodion Shchedrin
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Designer	Leo Kulaš
Lighting	Lighting Design	Martin Gebhardt Alexander Rubtsov
Writing	Original Story	Prosper Mérimée
	Story	Alberto Alonso Alexandre Benois
Directing	Director	Isabelle Julien
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